Richland County judge clears records of Columbia Civil Rights leaders after 64 years
While the cases were appealed all the way up to the US Supreme Court, the records of the seven college students still showed an arrest until this week.
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Couple accused of burning cross in neighbors yard could face eviction
A white couple accused of burning a cross facing their black neighbor’s home could soon be kicked out of their house outside of Conway.
Harvard University under investigation for alleged ‘legacy’ admissions
Many colleges and universities give preferential treatment to people whose parents or other relatives went there, Harvard University is being investigated for the allegations
Survivor of race massacre seeking reparations
Just as a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre celebrates her 109th birthday this year, a hearing takes to finally get justice. Viola Fletcher was only 7-years-old when an angry white mob destroyed Tulsa community of Greenwood. Several black people died in the massacre that would shake the nation. Last year, the city council held meetings across Tulsa to talk…
55 years later — Orangeburg Massacre ceremony held at SC State University
Eighteen-year-old Henry Smith, 17-year-old Delano Middleton, and 18-year-old Samuel Hammond Jr. all died the night of February 8th, 1968, and 27 others were injured.
LASON BUTLER: Family of man who died in custody moving forward with lawsuit against Richland County, detention center staff
The attorney’s presentation stated that Butler faced subhuman conditions of confinement and suffered deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.
SC State students march on campus to remember Orangeburg Massacre
Things came to a flash point on February 8th when 3 African American males were shot and killed by South Carolina Highway Patrol officers. Twenty-eight others were injured.
Civil rights leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune honored with statue unveiling in Mayesville
Civil rights leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will be honored with a statue unveiling in her hometown of Mayesville today.
1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died
By Rebecca Santana
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist that led Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s has died at 86.
Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
According to a statement from his daughter, Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died.
